1 00:00:00,39 --> 00:00:00,59 The 2 00:00:00,60 --> 00:00:09,58 way 3 00:00:09,59 --> 00:00:09,86 A 4 00:00:10,63 --> 00:00:16,75 A A 5 00:00:17,70 --> 00:00:30,11 A 6 00:00:30,12 --> 00:00:37,06 A the air Good afternoon good evening maybe Good morning my name is 7 00:00:37,07 --> 00:00:43,52 Patricia Duncan and I am an author of actually two coffee table books 8 00:00:43,95 --> 00:00:50,68 a defining moment and defining the times in both of the books are 9 00:00:50,69 --> 00:00:55,50 about the historic journey of Barack Obama through the eyes of Colorado 10 00:00:55,51 --> 00:01:00,60 photographer which is myself. My first book was called 11 00:01:00,64 --> 00:01:06,01 a defining moment and the journey into being 12 00:01:06,78 --> 00:01:13,72 a journey defined by Guide which led to the defining the times so during this we'll 13 00:01:13,73 --> 00:01:17,48 talk work and have a little bit of fun you're going to learn 14 00:01:17,49 --> 00:01:24,02 a little bit history you're going to be able to travel with me as I 15 00:01:24,03 --> 00:01:30,44 photographed the once community organizer the. U.S. 16 00:01:30,45 --> 00:01:36,69 Senator and the first African-American president Barack Obama 17 00:01:37,30 --> 00:01:42,46 so let's call this begin the journey the journey started in two thousand and six. 18 00:01:43,89 --> 00:01:49,87 When I was given assignment to go photograph Barack Obama. 19 00:01:50,83 --> 00:01:57,66 And the funny thing about it is I told my editor I said Who is Barack Obama and she 20 00:01:57,67 --> 00:01:58,82 said you don't have 21 00:01:58,83 --> 00:02:05,48 a clue who is and I said now she said Just go do your assignment and I said OK so I 22 00:02:05,49 --> 00:02:06,31 went to 23 00:02:07,11 --> 00:02:12,31 a rally in Aurora Colorado he came out here to campaign for 24 00:02:12,65 --> 00:02:19,41 a congressman who is now Congressman name Ed Perlmutter and I was just in 25 00:02:19,42 --> 00:02:26,33 thrall in listening to him speak and that man is is he can 26 00:02:26,34 --> 00:02:31,75 run for president of the United States and if he is as 27 00:02:32,77 --> 00:02:33,75 a person as 28 00:02:33,76 --> 00:02:40,70 a voter he has my support so in two thousand and seven actually And on February 29 00:02:40,71 --> 00:02:45,95 tenth two thousand and seven Barack Obama announced he was running for president of 30 00:02:45,96 --> 00:02:52,12 the United States so I had the privilege the privilege to 31 00:02:52,13 --> 00:02:57,90 photograph him I worked for three African-American newspapers interviewer 32 00:02:58,55 --> 00:03:05,44 and I was sent on assignment every every time he came to Colorado I got to go on an 33 00:03:05,45 --> 00:03:11,81 assignment and take pictures of him and I got to take pictures of the soon to be 34 00:03:11,85 --> 00:03:18,78 first lady Michelle Obama it was an amazing amazing time well during 35 00:03:18,79 --> 00:03:23,32 that time I realized that I needed to finish 36 00:03:23,33 --> 00:03:29,61 a project you know how you start something and you don't finish it for whatever 37 00:03:29,62 --> 00:03:36,57 reason well for me it was I didn't have such confidence I didn't 38 00:03:36,58 --> 00:03:43,07 have self belief and him believing me even though I knew I was smart I knew I was 39 00:03:43,08 --> 00:03:49,33 creative but I didn't have all the other. Aspects that you need 40 00:03:50,22 --> 00:03:53,58 to fulfill your own success I am 41 00:03:53,59 --> 00:04:00,21 a believer in fulfilling your own success so as I was. Looking at the pictures to 42 00:04:00,22 --> 00:04:04,87 send into the various newspapers I thought I'm going to do me 43 00:04:04,88 --> 00:04:11,12 a coffee table book and that's going to be my project and so as time went on 44 00:04:11,79 --> 00:04:18,43 he became the first African-American president so I had started along the way of 45 00:04:18,59 --> 00:04:24,92 you know collecting pictures it in creating chapters in all of that 46 00:04:24,97 --> 00:04:31,84 and but I would stop and I would start and I would stop and I would start and 47 00:04:31,85 --> 00:04:38,16 so by this time he is now been elected president so I am two 48 00:04:38,17 --> 00:04:43,34 years behind the eight ball by the time my first book The Defining Moment comes out 49 00:04:44,35 --> 00:04:51,15 so I had to convince people to believe in me to believe in my project because this 50 00:04:51,16 --> 00:04:54,17 is a project I did 51 00:04:54,18 --> 00:04:59,62 a book because that was the project I needed to do did I ever think I would become 52 00:04:59,94 --> 00:05:04,69 an author no lives someone would have told me eight years ago that I would have 53 00:05:04,70 --> 00:05:11,31 been an author I would have term you crazy not me at PAD 54 00:05:11,32 --> 00:05:17,90 Duncan so I did I convinced people 55 00:05:17,91 --> 00:05:24,75 to invest in my project to get the book printed I started my own publishing 56 00:05:24,76 --> 00:05:31,47 company. Yeah and here we go. I 57 00:05:31,48 --> 00:05:37,64 kept once again I kept starting stopping and starting and stopping. And 58 00:05:37,87 --> 00:05:44,53 somewhere along the way and you know and to this day I do not know and maybe was on 59 00:05:44,54 --> 00:05:51,20 this I used to go to hospice my mom was diagnosed with lung 60 00:05:51,21 --> 00:05:58,18 cancer in she was making that transition so I would go and 61 00:05:58,19 --> 00:06:04,90 I would work on the pictures and then when she said OK it's no longer Obama time is 62 00:06:04,91 --> 00:06:10,38 now Ruby time I would put down my book put down the pictures and I would take care 63 00:06:10,39 --> 00:06:15,97 of my mom so on August fifteenth 64 00:06:17,10 --> 00:06:23,68 twenty Tehan I went to my mom and I said Mom. I have finally 65 00:06:23,69 --> 00:06:30,46 finished the pictures I am ready for the pitchers to go to the designer 66 00:06:31,11 --> 00:06:37,60 and she said Tricia I am so proud of you and I knew one day whatever the project 67 00:06:37,61 --> 00:06:42,32 was that you started out to do that you would that you would finish it and you 68 00:06:42,33 --> 00:06:48,91 would finish it in grain Bashan So on August twenty third my mom left me 69 00:06:49,37 --> 00:06:55,79 and went home to be with the Lord but I never looked back and so in March two 70 00:06:55,80 --> 00:06:58,42 thousand and eleven I came out with my first book 71 00:06:59,53 --> 00:07:06,34 a defining moment so what does that mean that means that I finally at fifty 72 00:07:06,35 --> 00:07:11,76 five years old that were dating myself I finally learned what it was like to pat 73 00:07:11,77 --> 00:07:18,68 myself on the back I found the learned I need people to tell me who I am 74 00:07:19,77 --> 00:07:26,74 I needed to learn to tell myself who I am I needed to learn how to tell me that 75 00:07:26,75 --> 00:07:33,69 you could do anything in this world. If you work hard keep God first in your life 76 00:07:33,89 --> 00:07:39,07 and I always believe in you and that came from my sister my sister was the first 77 00:07:39,37 --> 00:07:45,26 black secretary state of Colorado and unfortunately she died and nine hundred 78 00:07:45,49 --> 00:07:52,15 ninety nine so I took where she had always told me and I persevered So we went 79 00:07:52,16 --> 00:07:56,33 on the book was nominated for in double A.C.P. 80 00:07:56,37 --> 00:07:59,35 Image Award for Outstanding literary work for 81 00:07:59,36 --> 00:08:06,74 a debut up I got it printed. So 82 00:08:06,75 --> 00:08:12,43 the book out in two thousand and thirteen and it was inducted 83 00:08:12,85 --> 00:08:19,83 into the Library of Congress actually handed it to Dr Billings than the 84 00:08:19,84 --> 00:08:25,70 Librarian of Congress in two thousand and thirteen so I was DONE IT WAS are all 85 00:08:25,71 --> 00:08:32,25 about finishing that project and so people kept saying what you need to come out 86 00:08:32,26 --> 00:08:38,41 with the book again and I said for what this was about me and I didn't feel I 87 00:08:38,42 --> 00:08:43,26 needed to come out with the book again and I didn't so I took the book totally out 88 00:08:43,27 --> 00:08:45,18 of print and to this day 89 00:08:45,22 --> 00:08:51,58 a defining moment is still out of print. OK so I now need to finish my journey 90 00:08:52,45 --> 00:08:59,05 that I started with him in two thousand and six so I went to one of the newspapers 91 00:08:59,36 --> 00:09:06,32 and I said you know do you mind if I use your newspaper to get White 92 00:09:06,33 --> 00:09:13,25 House credentials because how many African-American photographers do you see 93 00:09:13,40 --> 00:09:20,31 photographing the president when he lands in cities She said Fine with me and 94 00:09:20,32 --> 00:09:27,18 she said she said if I need pitchers and I'll just let you know. So once again in 95 00:09:27,19 --> 00:09:33,65 his reelection bid I With go and apply for press credentials 96 00:09:34,76 --> 00:09:38,91 so I sent a letter I had her write a letter and I sent 97 00:09:38,92 --> 00:09:43,19 a letter to the photographer Gallery in Washington D.C. 98 00:09:43,87 --> 00:09:50,04 And I said why can't we be up there photographing Why do we always have to depend 99 00:09:50,05 --> 00:09:56,54 on other newspapers to get the president when he lands in other states 100 00:09:56,58 --> 00:10:03,25 especially in Colorado because in the eight years Brock Obama 101 00:10:04,16 --> 00:10:09,64 at least on my saying that how about former President Barack Obama was here 102 00:10:09,65 --> 00:10:16,19 seventeen times so we got White House credentials so for the last three 103 00:10:16,20 --> 00:10:22,42 years of his presidency I could go and take pictures of him 104 00:10:22,54 --> 00:10:29,37 arriving or departing in any state in the United States of course it was always 105 00:10:29,38 --> 00:10:36,31 Colorado so now I was like finishing out my little journey and I would discourage 106 00:10:36,32 --> 00:10:42,80 create my own book because God defined this journey I mean if some amazing the 107 00:10:42,81 --> 00:10:49,31 people that I met in this journey like Michelle Nichols earth from 108 00:10:49,32 --> 00:10:55,98 Star Wars who gets to me those kind of people well I did because 109 00:10:55,99 --> 00:11:01,34 God The find the journey he continued to define the journey even though I no longer 110 00:11:01,35 --> 00:11:01,77 have 111 00:11:01,81 --> 00:11:08,75 a defining moment so time goes on and I'm at the last convention 112 00:11:08,89 --> 00:11:15,80 in Philadelphia and I see. One of our local 113 00:11:16,11 --> 00:11:23,01 newspeople and at the convention and I went up to her I was talking to 114 00:11:23,02 --> 00:11:29,96 some of the Colorado delegates and I was just you know talking about my book in 115 00:11:30,20 --> 00:11:36,53 so on and so forth and so she said Patricia most people Kami Pat When I'm 116 00:11:36,54 --> 00:11:39,31 a photographer she said pattern and know you did 117 00:11:39,32 --> 00:11:45,78 a book and so I went on to tell her about the book in the midst of me telling her I 118 00:11:45,79 --> 00:11:52,68 started crying because it reminded me of my mom unfortunately my sister or my dad 119 00:11:52,69 --> 00:11:59,53 or my mom didn't get to see my book and so she said to me if I 120 00:11:59,54 --> 00:12:06,05 can get my new station to tell your story will you do another book 121 00:12:07,05 --> 00:12:13,79 and I said I will because my father always taught me your word is your 122 00:12:13,80 --> 00:12:19,63 bond so we finished up the convention 123 00:12:20,91 --> 00:12:26,54 he came he didn't come to Colorado anymore and I just started putting things 124 00:12:26,55 --> 00:12:33,13 together just in case just in case I had learned through this 125 00:12:33,14 --> 00:12:39,04 journey that I couldn't depend on people and so I didn't I took people face value 126 00:12:39,36 --> 00:12:45,80 and if they did it it was awesome if they didn't it was OK I get disappointed 127 00:12:46,95 --> 00:12:53,86 so she calls me at the end of November and she said guess 128 00:12:53,87 --> 00:13:00,72 what and I said what she said we're going to tell your story she said so by 129 00:13:00,73 --> 00:13:07,38 us telling your story will you come out with another book and I said I will. 130 00:13:08,51 --> 00:13:15,05 So that is why we have now defining the times which is the complete journey 131 00:13:15,61 --> 00:13:22,56 of Barack Obama through the eyes of Colorado the pitchers 132 00:13:23,24 --> 00:13:29,89 in the book support here is speeches So what does that mean 133 00:13:30,17 --> 00:13:33,50 so I started the book remember in two thousand and six from 134 00:13:33,77 --> 00:13:40,61 a defining moment and it has all of his speeches in their entirety so the 135 00:13:40,62 --> 00:13:47,54 pictures just support what he was saying to look at the people's faces 136 00:13:47,55 --> 00:13:53,60 when they would hear him speak in the exuberant in the excitement that he bride and 137 00:13:53,61 --> 00:14:00,59 what he said to the American people is what the pitches do for his speeches so 138 00:14:00,60 --> 00:14:06,27 I want you to remember this word liquid courage so we go along. 139 00:14:07,58 --> 00:14:13,71 And in the meantime. Start putting it together so I can be creative with all the 140 00:14:13,72 --> 00:14:20,54 titles like I did with the defining moment because we were I have fifteen chapters 141 00:14:20,66 --> 00:14:26,81 so I just condensed it down to the beginning of the. 142 00:14:28,29 --> 00:14:33,97 The perps election the First Presidency then the the reelection 143 00:14:34,76 --> 00:14:41,53 and so along the way I met this lady in 144 00:14:41,54 --> 00:14:42,78 Washington D.C. 145 00:14:43,21 --> 00:14:49,64 And she had worked for several president and we became really good friends 146 00:14:50,31 --> 00:14:57,03 so she got an invitation and twenty fourteen to go to President Obama's 147 00:14:57,04 --> 00:15:03,51 holiday reception so she calls me and she says Pat would you like to be my 148 00:15:03,52 --> 00:15:10,33 guest at the president's holiday reception. And she said I'm 149 00:15:10,34 --> 00:15:15,89 sorry I'm calling you late notice but I just got the invitation and I'm saying I 150 00:15:15,93 --> 00:15:20,91 hear are you kidding me really of course 151 00:15:22,71 --> 00:15:28,55 so I just words can't even describe how I doubt but I felt like this 152 00:15:29,56 --> 00:15:36,36 little girl that was doing something unimaginable maybe like a dream like I'm 153 00:15:36,37 --> 00:15:43,10 a dreamer but I never and I use never very lightly I never 154 00:15:43,11 --> 00:15:49,92 dreamed that I was going to go to the White House to 155 00:15:50,22 --> 00:15:57,14 be the guest of the president of the United States who has those candidates let 156 00:15:57,15 --> 00:16:04,08 me so the night before I left I went to an event and our 157 00:16:04,09 --> 00:16:10,55 governor was there and I went up to him and I said Governor Hickenlooper I said 158 00:16:10,56 --> 00:16:16,84 guess who I'm going tomorrow and he said where and I said I'm going to present 159 00:16:16,85 --> 00:16:22,98 Brock Obama's holiday reception and he says What do you mean 160 00:16:23,86 --> 00:16:30,58 and I said What do you mean what do I mean I mean I got invited to go to 161 00:16:31,38 --> 00:16:37,36 President Obama's holiday reception he said how does that happen governor of 162 00:16:37,80 --> 00:16:44,11 Colorado and I don't get to go I said well that's because I have it like that so 163 00:16:44,15 --> 00:16:47,40 the next day I left and went to Washington D.C. 164 00:16:48,57 --> 00:16:55,32 And so as I was standing in line because you had to go through three checkpoints 165 00:16:56,86 --> 00:17:03,39 I just really I just couldn't believe it I did as I couldn't believe it and so I 166 00:17:03,40 --> 00:17:09,28 kept getting closer and closer I was like Is this really happening. 167 00:17:10,74 --> 00:17:16,79 For my girlfriend this was old hat or she been like the four presidents holiday 168 00:17:16,80 --> 00:17:23,44 parties so we passed the last checkpoint and I'm waiting for so secret service to 169 00:17:23,45 --> 00:17:30,32 come and XCOR me you know no secret service anymore you are 170 00:17:30,33 --> 00:17:37,17 now the guest of the president and you are now coming to his house for 171 00:17:37,33 --> 00:17:39,69 the party Well I am 172 00:17:39,70 --> 00:17:45,23 a dog lover and serve the first people that I sees the dogs. 173 00:17:46,54 --> 00:17:52,86 Just love them they were just like little people like big people is 174 00:17:52,87 --> 00:17:59,72 a big dog and signing is smaller and so my girlfriend said it's time to go so 175 00:17:59,73 --> 00:18:05,27 weak I'll go up to the door I'm once again I'm waiting for someone I'm waiting for 176 00:18:05,28 --> 00:18:12,05 Secret Service to open the door no it was like me come into your home and come 177 00:18:12,06 --> 00:18:18,89 into your house and I just did there I froze and she came up to me she said Are 178 00:18:18,90 --> 00:18:25,18 you OK and I said is still unbelievable it's just unbelievable. 179 00:18:26,12 --> 00:18:32,26 She's like OK we have got to go OK you got to get over this let's go so we go and I 180 00:18:32,27 --> 00:18:38,59 have my camera and I'm just like in awe I am in awe I'm trying to take every 181 00:18:38,60 --> 00:18:45,45 pitcher I can possibly taken man and go into the bread room 182 00:18:45,93 --> 00:18:47,99 but my favorite room was the for me 183 00:18:48,00 --> 00:18:54,60 a room and the for milk room is the first lady's room and you have to remember 184 00:18:54,61 --> 00:19:01,12 we're allowed to go into every single room there's no ropes 185 00:19:01,56 --> 00:19:07,45 there's none of that you can go in the room you can sit on the furniture if you 186 00:19:07,46 --> 00:19:13,12 like of course I didn't I couldn't imagine sitting on the furniture and in the for 187 00:19:13,13 --> 00:19:19,24 Milborough is the first lady's portraits and you will see in defining the 188 00:19:19,25 --> 00:19:26,05 times my favorite portrait Jackie Kennedy Mamie Eisenhower 189 00:19:26,12 --> 00:19:33,10 Pat Nixon just fabulous that room is just this fabulous and 190 00:19:33,11 --> 00:19:38,19 so we go into the East Room which is also called the Red Room and that's the 191 00:19:38,20 --> 00:19:43,88 largest room in the White House and that is the room that they do all of the their 192 00:19:43,89 --> 00:19:50,39 parties and receptions So we go in there and the food is grand 193 00:19:51,25 --> 00:19:58,03 and so I go over to the bar and they say would you like be wine 194 00:19:58,19 --> 00:20:04,92 or we have eggnog spiked or regular eggnog I said Oh I love eggnog but I'll take 195 00:20:04,93 --> 00:20:11,63 a spite so I to the spike. And I met amazing people people from 196 00:20:11,97 --> 00:20:17,39 all organizations present in C.E.O.'s of companies it was just 197 00:20:17,43 --> 00:20:24,42 a grand time. So I'm continually of course to drink the spike they know and 198 00:20:24,43 --> 00:20:31,02 my girlfriend says OK the president and the first lady is coming down from 199 00:20:31,46 --> 00:20:38,07 the corridors and I'm thinking to myself I have photographed Barack Obama. 200 00:20:39,11 --> 00:20:44,84 For eight years I don't how he moves and I turns his head I know everything about 201 00:20:44,85 --> 00:20:50,100 you can and thinking but you've never photographed here in the White House 202 00:20:52,15 --> 00:20:58,95 OK So we go I know the perfect position to stay and they come down my care 203 00:20:59,62 --> 00:21:06,55 battery die. So thank you thank you for self 204 00:21:07,69 --> 00:21:13,98 so they come down and I just keep clicking with my cellphone don't have an idea if 205 00:21:13,99 --> 00:21:14,44 I'm going to get 206 00:21:14,45 --> 00:21:18,93 a pitch or not but it's OK because I'm just this is going to be for my own private 207 00:21:18,94 --> 00:21:25,84 collection so they come down they go to the podium she speaks first welcomed us to 208 00:21:25,85 --> 00:21:32,80 our home and then he speaks and welcomes us to us all to their home and 209 00:21:32,81 --> 00:21:37,75 the funny thing about it is he said Ladies and gentlemen he said I'm so glad you're 210 00:21:37,76 --> 00:21:43,63 here but please don't take anything he said don't take the linen napkins in the 211 00:21:43,64 --> 00:21:46,33 China he said because I have another year and 212 00:21:46,34 --> 00:21:52,70 a half to be here and I don't want to spend my money. Replacing 213 00:21:53,23 --> 00:21:58,75 the china in the linen there are plenty of paper napkins that have the logo and of 214 00:21:58,76 --> 00:22:04,48 course everybody laughed so they came down on the podium and they came around and 215 00:22:04,49 --> 00:22:09,14 that was the only time they really kind of had ropes so she comes and I'm close 216 00:22:09,15 --> 00:22:15,66 enough that I can reach out and say hello Mrs about. Thank you for having me in 217 00:22:15,67 --> 00:22:22,25 your home and she said thank you so much for coming. So then here comes 218 00:22:22,26 --> 00:22:28,88 President Obama so I stick my hand out and I said President Obama are loud so 219 00:22:28,89 --> 00:22:34,67 everybody the room is quiet and I said Governor Hickenlooper didn't understand how 220 00:22:34,68 --> 00:22:41,11 I got to come to your holiday reception and he didn't come even get to come and he 221 00:22:41,12 --> 00:22:47,45 said Oh you could have brought him we were to let him in OK remember that 222 00:22:47,49 --> 00:22:54,45 liquid current was it was that spike they gave him the 223 00:22:54,46 --> 00:23:01,32 curtain. To President Obama. So that 224 00:23:01,33 --> 00:23:07,13 is also in the book is I wanted you guys to see where it was like to be in the 225 00:23:07,14 --> 00:23:10,10 White House as a guest and opposed to be on 226 00:23:10,11 --> 00:23:16,94 a tour and then the the car 227 00:23:16,98 --> 00:23:23,09 which is caught the beast. Being on the tarmac we were allowed to take 228 00:23:23,44 --> 00:23:30,31 of types of pictures from me. Them the president landing getting 229 00:23:30,32 --> 00:23:36,39 into the car so another cute little short story is he would 230 00:23:37,43 --> 00:23:42,52 come down the stairs and he would run down the stairs the same way every time so 231 00:23:42,53 --> 00:23:48,16 this one time he was going over to greet this was at the Air Force Academy and he 232 00:23:48,17 --> 00:23:54,06 was going over to greet guest so as the president walks away he waved to the media 233 00:23:54,11 --> 00:24:00,92 he waved to us and then as he walks the car the beast goes 234 00:24:00,93 --> 00:24:07,81 along with him so he went he greeted the gas he took pitchers and he got 235 00:24:07,82 --> 00:24:13,63 to the end so they had open the door on the left side because that is the side he 236 00:24:13,64 --> 00:24:20,61 was on. Well. He didn't like that and actually he never did 237 00:24:20,62 --> 00:24:27,29 that he would walk around the car and he would get in on the right 238 00:24:27,30 --> 00:24:33,13 side hard on the left side not on the driver's side but on the right side he would 239 00:24:33,17 --> 00:24:38,84 open his door because the door was an open he would open the door and get there so 240 00:24:38,85 --> 00:24:45,13 those are just some of the things that I put in defining the times because I wanted 241 00:24:45,14 --> 00:24:50,60 you to come along with me now only as a pole journalist but as 242 00:24:50,61 --> 00:24:56,92 a person that had the opportunity to do something 243 00:24:57,40 --> 00:25:04,02 that not many get to do. Speeches there 244 00:25:04,03 --> 00:25:10,100 are all of his speeches from beginning to the last speech that he 245 00:25:11,01 --> 00:25:17,94 gave even his last press conference is in the book and so I 246 00:25:17,95 --> 00:25:24,61 haven't seen some of the White House journalists for them to see 247 00:25:25,33 --> 00:25:32,11 what they said the question that they asked and how he received responded. His 248 00:25:32,12 --> 00:25:39,01 accomplishments people don't realize how many accomplishments he had he had 249 00:25:39,02 --> 00:25:43,41 over four hundred accomplishments and and. 250 00:25:46,38 --> 00:25:52,99 I just you know I just wanted you to give you everything I could 251 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:59,95 possibly think of. For you to enjoy this journey and even though the 252 00:25:59,96 --> 00:26:06,61 pictures are in Colorado it still doesn't matter because he was the US President 253 00:26:07,07 --> 00:26:13,60 and First some reason which I'm really glad is that he loves coming to Colorado we 254 00:26:13,61 --> 00:26:19,84 have a maps and have the United States voted we have the electorial college 255 00:26:20,34 --> 00:26:25,87 a lot of people don't understand about the Electoral College so I would say if you 256 00:26:25,88 --> 00:26:27,20 get the book take 257 00:26:27,21 --> 00:26:33,14 a moment and learn about the Electorial College since we have election coming up in 258 00:26:33,18 --> 00:26:39,86 twenty twenty defining the times can be 259 00:26:39,87 --> 00:26:45,16 used as a textbook my girlfriend tired from 260 00:26:45,20 --> 00:26:49,64 a defining moment it can be used as a textbook it can be used as 261 00:26:49,65 --> 00:26:54,66 a history book I'm proud to say that both my books 262 00:26:55,23 --> 00:27:00,45 a defining moment and divine in the end have now been inducted into the history of 263 00:27:00,46 --> 00:27:07,20 Colorado so I hope the two have enjoyed this talk I didn't want it to be 264 00:27:07,21 --> 00:27:12,57 boring I wanted you to have. I want you to come along with me on this journey in 265 00:27:12,58 --> 00:27:19,04 word and I truly hope that you will pick up defining the time 266 00:27:19,67 --> 00:27:26,65 and you were also to go to my website which is W W W that defining 267 00:27:26,71 --> 00:27:33,70 the Times dot com you will see that interview that I had with Channel four 268 00:27:33,92 --> 00:27:35,61 and maybe it'll make you understand 269 00:27:35,62 --> 00:27:41,36 a little bit why it was so important for me to tell my story because maybe someone 270 00:27:41,37 --> 00:27:47,55 out there really if you I promise you this formula works 271 00:27:48,32 --> 00:27:54,68 if you work hard. If you keep God first in your life and if you 272 00:27:54,72 --> 00:28:01,44 always always believe in you you will persevered and what ever goal 273 00:28:01,77 --> 00:28:08,50 or project you decide to do thanks for listening to 274 00:28:08,51 --> 00:28:13,48 me and I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing you again soon the 275 00:28:13,49 --> 00:28:48,92 hour 276 00:28:48,92 --> 00:28:48,92 .